Hi, Phil.

Yes, Windows Mail stores newsgroup messages for a while, as individual .nws
files. But it also deletes them from time to time.

Unlike email messages, newsgroup posts are stored on the news server, and we
don't control that server. This microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
newsgroup, for example, is hosted on Microsoft's public news server, which
is freely available to anyone. Microsoft deletes posts from time to time,
but I don't know their schedule. It varies from one newsgroup to the next,
probably depending on the amount of traffic. I show at least one message
here dated 3/30/07.

You also store NG posts on your own computer when you download them. How
long you keep YOUR copies is up to you. Many delete all Read messages each
time they exit the NG. Others - like me - are packrats and keep them for a
long time. OE/WM/WLM all have a similar setting, although the click-path to
it may vary slightly. In WLM, click Tools | Options | Advanced |
Maintenance. Here you can tell it to Purge newsgroup messages in the
background, and to Delete news messages __ days after being downloaded.
Note that this is the number of days after you've downloaded them before
they are deleted on YOUR computer. This has no effect on how long the
server keeps the messages available for you to re-download them - or for
thousands of other users to download them.

My setting is for posts to be deleted 32 days after I've downloaded them.
Since I installed WLM on about June 7 and downloaded lots of messages at
that time, I expect to see many of those messages disappear from my HD next
week.

But I almost never directly delete messages from the Windows Mail folder.
So I don't need to "take ownership" of it.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Phil" <phil12345@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5D0C4690-9225-40A9-B8F5-8CE8F6DFA98B@microsoft.com...
> When I read files from newsgroups they are stored automatically, as far as
> I can tell, in C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Window s Mail.
> After a while, I suppose, there is quite a build-up of files here. I would
> like to delete them. However, I cannot see or gain access to the
> C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Window s Mail directory, even
> though I am using the administrator account. What must I do to gain access
> to this directory? I tried "taking ownership" of the directory, but that
> didn't seem to get me anywhere. Help will be appreciated.